The adventure novel exhibits these " protagonist on adventurous journey " characteristics as do many popular feature films, such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The term " droid ", coined by George Lucas for the original Star Wars film and now used widely within science fiction, originated as an abridgment of " android ", but has been used by Lucas and others to mean any robot, including distinctly non-human form machines like R2-D2.

* In the Star Wars prequels, the galactic capital planet Coruscant has buildings many miles tall, and approaches the completely built-over condition of Trantor in Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy ( Note: due to this, Coruscant was originally to be named Jhantor but was eventually renamed Coruscant ).

The voice of C-3PO from Star Wars was created by taking the actor's voice and treating it with a phaser.

* overdrive effects such as the use of a fuzz box can be used to produce distorted sounds, such as for imitating robotic voices or to simulate distorted radiotelephone traffic ( e. g., the radio chatter between starfighter pilots in the science fiction film Star Wars ).

Preproduction for the film had coincided with the casting process for George Lucas's Star Wars, and many of the actors cast in De Palma's film had been earmarked as contenders for Lucas's movie, and vice-versa.

* SWGEmu-An open source community project aimed to develop, maintain and expand a free Pre-CU-era Star Wars Galaxies server software set.

One of the most famous cyborgs is Darth Vader from the Star Wars films.

General Grievous, Lobot, and Luke Skywalker are the three other most prominent cyborgs in the Star Wars universe.

* Various characters in Star Wars saga, notably Darth Vader, General Grievous, Dengar, Lobot, and Luke Skywalker.

The tumultuous history of the Wars of the Roses and then the Star Chamber resulted in periods during which the common law courts were frequently paralyzed, and out of the confusion the Court of Chancery emerged with exclusive jurisdiction over group litigation.

In the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back, two life-forms were encountered by the characters that were non-carbon based entities.

Although details of their physiology were not mentioned on screen, the space slug, ( a giant worm-like creature that lived on asteroids in the vacuum of space ), and the Mynock, ( pesky bat-like vermin that would attach to spaceship hulls and chew through power conduits to feed off the raw energy ), are said to be silicon-based organisms in Star Wars Expanded Universe sources.

Appearing only in the Star Wars Expanded Universe is the spice spider of Kessel, a creature made of glitterstim spice and silicon that spun crystalline webs harvested by miners as glitterstim spice, an illegal psychoactive narcotic.

In ‘ Wild Horses ’ characters are named after the Star Trek crew and the influence of Star Wars pervades throughout.

The Afghan war and the Soviet response to Mr. Reagan's Star Wars program caused only a relatively small rise in defense costs.

* Clone Wars ( Star Wars ), a TV show and movie based around the Star Wars universe

* Clone trooper, a fictional soldier in the Star Wars universe

Notable disco hits based on movie and television themes included a medley from Star Wars, " Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band " ( 1977 ) by Meco, and " Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone " ( 1979 ) by The Manhattan Transfer.

The subspace radio, best known today from Star Trek and named for the method used in the series for achieving faster-than-light travel, was the most commonly used name for such a faster-than-light communicator in the science fiction of the 1930s to the 1950s.

On June 14, President Harding was also the first president to be heard by the U. S. public on the new mass medium: he spoke on radio at a dedication site in honor of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner.

* overdrive effects such as the use of a fuzz box can be used to produce distorted sounds, such as for imitating robotic voices or to simulate distorted radiotelephone traffic ( e. g., the radio chatter between starfighter pilots in the science fiction film Star Wars ).

His last radio series was The Texaco Star Theater, which began September 22, 1948 on ABC and continued until June 15, 1949, with Berle heading the cast of Stang, Kelton and Gallop, along with Charles Irving, Kay Armen, and double-talk specialist Al Kelly.

In 1948, NBC decided to bring Texaco Star Theater from radio to television, with Berle as one of the show's four rotating hosts.

Ann Sachs provided the voice of Leia in the 1980s radio dramatizations of the original Star Wars trilogy, and Lisa Fuson did so for the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds video games.

Boba Fett's voice in National Public Radio's Star Wars radio dramas was provided by Alan Rosenberg in The Empire Strikes Back and Ed Begley, Jr. in Return of the Jedi.

Dole was decorated three times, receiving two Purple Hearts for his injuries, and the Bronze Star with combat " V " for valor for his attempt to assist a downed radio man.

There are three commercial radio stations broadcasting into Wodonga that are based over the border in Albury, namely 1494 2AY, 105. 7 The River, and Star FM on 104. 9 FM.

Commercial radio stations from Wangaratta ( 3NE, Edge FM ) and Shepparton ( 3SR, Star FM ) can also be received in some parts of Wodonga.

He also vocally played 3PO in the three Star Wars animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars, Star Wars: Droids, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars as well as in the radio drama adaptations of the original trilogy.

The Star Wars series of films by George Lucas is often considered to be a pastiche of traditional science fiction television serials ( or radio shows ).

Terrasa has a local newspaper, the Diari de Terrassa, that is published daily from Tuesday to Saturday, as well as several radio stations: Ràdio Terrassa / Cadena SER Vallès on 828 AM and 89. 4 FM, with more than 75 years of history behind it, being one of the pioneering radio stations in Catalonia and Spain ; the municipal radio ( Noucincpuntdos, 95. 2 FM ); and Radio Star de Terrassa, the city's cultural station, on 100. 5 FM, which was founded in 1984 and is one of the historic local radios of Catalonia.

He was also portrayed by Keene Curtis in the Star Wars radio drama.

He took a job with Independent Telephone Company, which manufactured radios, and left that job and university when his father — the sports editor of the Toronto Daily Star — told him that the Star was going to start its own radio station.

He was made a " Knight of the Indian Empire " by Queen Victoria, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by Edward VII ( 1902 ), and a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India by George V ( 1912 ).

* In the episode " 11: 59 " of Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season ( original air date: May 5, 1999 ), Earth's first self-contained ecosystem known as " The Millennium Gate " is referenced and described as one kilometer tall and having begun construction in 2001.

After two successful comedy albums, Comedy Minus One ( 1973 ) and the Grammy Award-nominated A Star Is Bought ( 1975 ), Brooks left the stand-up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker ; his first film, The Famous Comedians School, was a satiric short that appeared on PBS and was an early example of the mockumentary sub-genre.

Bubbles also maintained his freelance output, producing designs for Peter Jenner ( Ian Dury and Billy Bragg's manager ), and others, creating a prodigious output by working for such bands, musicians and performers as Vivian Stanshall, Generation X, Big Star, Johnny Moped, Whirlwind, Billy Bragg, Clover, The Sinceros, Roger Chapman, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Dr. Feelgood, Inner City Unit and The Psychedelic Furs.

* Sinnott, Roger W. and Perryman, Michael A. C. ( 1997 ) Millennium Star Atlas, Epoch 2000. 0, Sky Publishing Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. S. A., and European Space Agency ( ESA ), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Major established companies that fly to Croatia include the domestic Croatia Airlines ( member of the Star Alliance ), Air France, Lufthansa and British Airways.

* Columbus ( Star Trek ), a shuttlecraft in Star Trek series

Notable later editions of the Howard stories include the Donald M. Grant editions ( 1974 – 1989 ); Berkley editions ( 1977 ); Gollancz editions ( 2000 – 2006 ), and Wandering Star / Del Rey editions ( 2003 – 2005 ).

The most well known version is that written by Gerald Gardner, and includes material paraphrased works by Aleister Crowley, primarily from Liber ALThe Book of the Law ( particularly from Ch 1, spoken by Nuit, the Star Goddess ), and from his Liber XV: the Gnostic Mass as well as Liber LXV ( Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente, or the Book of the Heart Girt with the Serpent ), thus linking modern Wicca irrevocably to the cosmology and revelations of Thelema.

He appeared in the primetime TV movies The Satan Murders ( 1974 ) and Thursday's Game before landing the role of Al Pacino's transsexual wife in Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ), a performance which earned him nominations for Best New Male Star of the Year at the Golden Globes and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

* " Conspiracy " ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ), a TV episode

* Commodore ( Star Trek ), a fictional Starfleet rank in Star Trek

In microcomputers, SWTPC's 6800 and 6809 machines used TSC's FLEX disk operating system, Radio Shack's TRS-80 machines used TRS-DOS, their Color Computer used OS-9, and most of the Intel 8080 based machines from IMSAI, MITS ( makers of the legendary Altair 8800 ), Cromemco, North Star, etc., used the CP / M-80 disk operating system.

Although the majority of WADs contain one or several custom levels mostly in the style of the original game, others implement new monsters and other resources, and heavily alter the gameplay ; several popular movies, television series, other video games and other brands from popular culture have been turned into Doom WADs by fans ( without authorization ), including Aliens, Star Wars, The X-Files, The Simpsons, South Park, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Red Faction, The Thing, Pokémon and Batman.

* Dark Star ( film ), a 1974 science fiction movie directed by John Carpenter

* Dark Star ( band ), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998 – 2001

* " Dark Star " ( song ), by the Grateful Dead

* Dark Star ( No More Heroes ), a character in the video game No More Heroes